The Network for Aviation Museums, a special interest group of CIMUSET, holds its main webinar of 2026 on Friday 13 November 2026, 15:00 Paris (CET) / 14:00 UTC, on Zoom.

Under the title Original, Replica, Reproduction in aviation collections, six speakers from museums in the United States, Ukraine, Norway and Canada present restoration projects from their collections.

In September, our kick-off webinar opened the year with Dr Charlotte Holzer’s talk on aircraft replicas and reconstructions at the Deutsches Museum. Thank you to everyone who took part.

Programme

Moderator: Changhun Yang (National Aviation Museum of Korea)

• Alex Spencer (Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, United States): The National Air and Space Museum’s Ilyushin Il-2 and Messerschmitt Bf 109G: Two Restorations Two Approaches
• Molly Kinyon (Sullenberger Aviation Museum, United States): From Legacy to Best Practice: Evaluating Restoration Methods
• Valeriia Lavrenko (Oleh Antonov State Aviation Museum, Ukraine): Restoration of damaged exhibits in combat conditions: experience of Oleh Antonov State Aviation Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022-2026)
• Michael Loftus (Norwegian Aviation Museum, Norway): How much is too much? What should your aircraft look like?
• Christopher Moore (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, United States): Discovering Originality: Restoring a Lincoln Standard Tourabout Barnstormer
• Erin Gregory and Erin Secord (Ingenium/Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Canada): Project North Star: Restoring an Icon, Charting a New Course

Registration

Registration is open from 2 to 12 November 2026.

Register for the webinar: https://forms.gle/Kzg5zKB1ZaSfkr2K7

The joining link will be sent to the email address you give in the form, and again on the morning of the session. The link is personal — please do not forward it.

The whole session is recorded on Zoom. The presentations are edited and published afterwards on the CIMUSET YouTube channel.

Looking ahead

A further webinar is planned for January or February 2027. Details will follow.

We look forward to seeing you on 13 November.

The Network for Aviation Museums (ICOM CIMUSET)